Donald Trelford
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Donald Trelford (born 9 November 1937) is a British journalist and academic, who was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and Chief Executive from 1992 to 1993.
In 1994, he was appointed Professor of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield[1], and became a Visiting Professor in 2004 and Emeritus Professor in 2007.
Trelford was a member of the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority until 2008[2] and Chairman of the London Press Club. He was also a member of the Newspaper Panel of the Competition Commission from 2001-7.
He is a regular broadcaster and has published books on snooker and cricket and co-authored (with Daniel King) a book on the 1993 Times World Chess Championship in London between Nigel Short and Garry Kasparov.
He is married with four children and lives in England and Majorca.
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| Preceded by Michael Davie |
Deputy Editor of The Observer 1969 - 1975 |
Succeeded by John Cole |
| Preceded by David Astor |
Editor of The Observer 1975 - 1993 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Fenby |
[edit] References
- ^ "Donald Trelford on journalism’s state of health". Uniersity of Sheffield. 18 November 2008. http://journalism.dept.shef.ac.uk/?tag=donald-trelford. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "New ASA Council members appointed". ASA. 1 April 2008. http://www.asa.org.uk/Media-Centre/2008/New-ASA-Council-members-appointed.aspx. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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